Notice Typefaces
BaTyR n°37106
Rotunda sur Saint-augustin (92 mm.) à gros-oeil d'Erhard Ratdolt
Author : Rémi Jimenes
Source : Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ)
Description
Style
Rotunda (Gothic)
Body-size
Traditionnal body-size name
Saint-augustin
20-lines measurement
92
Capital height
3.5
x-height
2.5
ph-height
4.8
Key letters
"The capitals display two parallel thin strokes in the counters, narrow A with wide flourishes (that notably increase the width of the whole letterform), heavy P and S with very tight apertures." (R. Olocco)
People
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Printer, Owner / User of equipment
References
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Typenrepertorium der Wiegendrucke (TW), ma00400
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Olocco (Riccardo), Ratdolt's Index Characterum. The Earliest known type specimen, Francfurt-am-main, Poem, 2020, n° 5
Occurence
1 occurrence
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB-Ink R-14
Occurence 59914
To cite this notice
Base de Typographie de la Renaissance, notice n°37106, http://batyr.univ-tours.fr/en/caractere/37106/. Consulté le 24 April 2025
